East Bay Social Forum social, 4/27 6:00 pm

The East Bay Social Forum celebrates eleven years of Social Forums and half a year of Occupys. Join us on Friday, April 27, from 6:00 to 8:00, at the Oakland Peace Center, 111 Fairmount Ave. (29th St.), Oakland, for the first of many Social Forum Socials to come. We’ll announce People’s Movement Assemblies (PMAs) to be held in the next months and plans for the upcoming Forum, discuss your proposals for PMAs, and provide a space to connect with other engaged folks. Please join us—we look forward to meeting you.

East Bay Social Forum Steering Committee

Participating organizations, activists, cultural workers, and others. More to come as this list continues to grow…

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